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clinical periodontal assessment
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fact-gathering process designed to provide a comprehensive pictire of the patients perio health status.
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legal responsibility
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the dentist has the legal responsilibilty for all the disgnosis & tx planning that occurs in the office.
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treatment outcome
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documented info to measure & moniter the pts perio health status over time.
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baseline data
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clinical info gathered prior to perio therapy that can be used for comparison to clinical info gathered at subsequent appts.
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periodontal screening examination
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perio assessment used to determine perio health status of the pt. and decide if they need a more thorough exam.
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periodontal screening & recording (PSR)
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efficient, easy to use screening system for the ditection of perio disease.
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world health organization (WHO) probe
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used for easy perio screening.
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color coded reference mark
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used when performing PSR probing.
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PSR code
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assigned to each sextent according to the criteria shown in table...
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comprehensive periodontal assessment
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intensive clinical perio eval used to gather info about the periodontium.
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exudate
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referred to as suppuration;
pus that can be expressed from the periodontal pocket. |
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recession of the gingival margin
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location of the gingival margin apical to the CEJ resulting in the exposure of a portion of the root
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miller class 1 defect
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recession on the facial surface. interprox papilla not affected. doesnt exeed mucogingival line.
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miller class 2 defect
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recession facial only. interprox papilla not affected. extends BEYOND mucogingival line.
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miller class 3 defect
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broad recession with interprox papilla missing due to damage from disease. extends BEYOND mucogingival line
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miller clas 4 defect
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recession shows loss of hard (bone) and soft tissues around the entire tooth with open interdental areas.
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horizontal tooth mobility
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tooth movement facial to lingual directions.
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vertical tooth mobility
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ability to depress tooth into the socket
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fremitus
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palpable or visible movement of tooth when in function.
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rating furcation involvement
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gingival crevicular fluid
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fluid that flows from the sulcus from adjacent gingival cooective tissue.
flow is slight in health & increases in presence of inflammatory disease. |
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attached gingiva
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part of gingiva that is firm, dense & tightly connected to the cementum on cervical-third pf root or to the periosteum of alveolar bone.
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clinical attachment loss (CAL)
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estimate of the true perio support around the tooth as measured with the perio probe.
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